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Literary Movements

What is a literary movement? A literary movement is a general term for pieces of literature by different authors (usually over the same time period) who share a similar motivation/inspiration for writing in some way. Usually these authors are considered part of a "movement" because they have similar ideas about something.

What is a tenet? Every literary movement has a set of “rules” or “tenets” by which all the writing of that period include/follow. Think of tenets as guidelines for identifying a piece of writing’s literary movement.

What is style? The style of a piece of literature has to do with the way a piece of literature is written. In a literary movement, the style will be consistent from one work to another Example: the use of highly emotional language or the use of poetic language (versus very simple, direct language/wording)

What is context? the circumstances that form the setting for an event, statement, or idea, and in terms of which it can be fully understood and assessed. In order to fully understand a literary movement, a reader must also understand how that literature came to be. Things to consider when thinking about context: What patterns were being seen in literature of the time? What was happening in society at that time? What was the political/cultural climate of the time period?

Societal Influence? What was happening in society before the literary movement came about? How did the social/political/cultural climate of the time influence how and what the literary movement came to be? How did the literary movement evolve from the movement before it? And how did it influence the movement that followed? (if you know)

Theme The underlying meaning or moral of the story The idea/meaning the author is trying to convey to the reader? Love conquers all Be true to yourself The main idea(s) of a piece of writing Individuality Importance of nature